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Another piece of great news for us at Astro Machine Works! MANTEC has nominated us for an ImPAct Award, a program implemented by Governor Tom Corbett to celebrate the companies and individuals who are investing in Pennsylvania and creating jobs. We will be among the nominees at a ceremony being held on May 23, 2013, […]

February 13th was a day of celebration here at Astro Machine — that’s when it was announced we were chosen as the Manufacturing Extension Partnership’s “Make it in America Manufacturer of the Week!” We received this honor in recognition of our success at entering new markets, finding new customers, and generating significant new sales. And […]

At Astro Machine Works, we feel it is our responsibility to only use top of the line equipment and the latest technology. Our newest addition to our equipment list is a Liburdi Portable Orbital Welder, the PTW 160. It has some pretty extraordinary capabilities considering it is the smallest portable welder available. For starters, the […]

Astro Machine Works Inc., located in Ephrata, PA, is constantly updating its capabilities by adding new equipment to its facility to better service our customers. We recently added a new Liburdi Portable Orbital Welder to service our process piping projects. The PTW160 is the Smallest, Portable Welding System on the Market; our new system includes […]

What better way to start the year than with new services to add to our already long list of capabilities? How else to bolster our EDM offerings than adding the newest and latest in machines? With the introduction of the Sodick AQ5371 Wire EDM machine, Astro Machine is doing just that. As EDM work has […]

Astro Machine Works in Ephrata, PA has added to their growing machining capabilities by adding the latest in EDM Machines. The Sodick AQ537L Wire EDM has many advantages including the fastest speeds and accuracy in the industry. Main Features: “LP power supply” is standard Thanks to ergonomically designed new control panel, beginners can operate easily. […]

Happy New Year! As 2013 begins, all of us here at Astro Machine Works look forward to the year ahead. This past year, we celebrated another record year in sales and production for six years running, and since records are made to be broken, we hope to continue that in 2013. Take a quick look […]

Astro Machine Works in Ephrata, Pa has added a new Hurco Vertical Milling Machine. As part of our ongoing commitment to investing in relevant technology to keep ahead of customer needs, we’ve added a Hurco VMX 84 to our equipment list. An increasing demand for larger vertical milled parts was keeping our existing equipment near […]

The year was 1993. A long-time customer approached us needing specific OEM components that were no longer in production. Instead of letting them turn to another company in the hope of obtaining these parts, we rose to their aid and engineered appropriate parts based on the current parts they were using. Thus, our reverse engineering […]

Updated: 6/21/2019 Manufacturing: why is manufacturing so important? What are the benefits of domestic manufacturing? Not only has the issue of reshoring become a hot topic recently, but so has the idea of manufacturing. This October marked the first “National Manufacturing Month,” during which October 5th was officially “National Manufacturing Day.” Additionally, reshoring, and bringing […]